©azgfe pfil) PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 41, HJtOAD-STRKET, J(EAR THE EXCHANGE,NEW-YORK [N<». 46, c/Vol. ll.j COLLECTION LAW Continue J. ANDis itfurther entitled, That if any goods, wares or merchan dize (hall, after the kid firll day of Oflober next,be imp'i t ed or brought into the Uuited Statu, in any (hip or vellel whate ver, belonging in the whole or in part to a citizen or citizens, inha bitant or inhabitants of the United States, from any foreign port or place, without such mantled or manilefts in writing, or (hill not tjC included and delcribed therein, or H all i.ot agree therewith ; in every such cafe the matter or otherperfon having the command orcharge of such (hip orveffel, (hall forfeit a turn of money equal to the value of tuch goods, not included in I'uch manifett or marii fcfts ; Proiniedalways. That if it (hall be made appear to the lan /a44jt>r. of tlx coHefikur, naval-officer and fnrveyor, or tho major r. rt ui tl»-in, whrre tbc-fr oflice« arc efatrtii' '' J( .-v p.,*t, bt Ut the fatisfifiio® of the collefi-r aione, >■« _ ( e i.tbt- of i''< o<her <>; the laid offices is not cftabiiftied, or to the fatisfa&ion of the court in which a trial (hall he had concerning such forfeiture, that no p»rt of the cargo of such ftiip orveffel haa been iinfhippcd, alter it was taken on board, eicept such as (hall have been fpecificd snd accounied for 111 th« repoi; of the m»ftcr or oilier pcrfon having the charge or command of such Ihip or vefiel, and that the mjni feft or manilefts had beealolt or miiixud, without fraud or collu- Aon, or that the fame was or were defaced by ac£ioent, or ineor ie£t l»y 1111U J:e, 111 every fuchcafethe forleuure aforrfaid (kail not be incurred. And be itfmrther ctia&ed, Thai every matter or other person hav ing the charge or command of any thip or vessel belonging in the whole or in part to & citizen or citiiens, inhabitant or inhabitants of the United States, laden with goo(* a a» aforefaid, and hound to any port or place in the United States, (hall oft his arrival within tour leagues ot the coast thereof, or within sny of the hays, har bors ports, rivers, creeks, or inlets thereof, upon demand, produce such manifeft or nianifefts in writing, which such master or other ; person is herein before required to have on board his said fh»p or vessel, to such officer or officers of the customs, as fhill firft come on hoard his said ihip or vessel, for his or their infpe&iori, and •ihall deliver to such officer or officers a true copy or copies there of [which copy or copies ihall be provided and fubfcribcd by the said master or other person having the command or charg-of such (tip or vessel]; and that the officer or officers to whom ihe origi nal manifeft or mamfefts shall have been so produced, shall refpett ively cerlify upon the back thereof, that the fame was or were pro duced, and the day and year on which the fame was or Wsic.fo produced, and that i'uch copy or copies as aforefaid, was or were to him or them delivered, and shall likewise certify upon the back Ol such copy or copies, the day and year on which the fame was or •weicdelivered, and Ihall forthwith transmit such copy or copies tothe refpeftive colle£torsof theftveialdiftrifls to whichthegoods by such manifeft or manifefls ihall appear refpettively to becon ligncd t and that the laid master or other person so having the charge or command nf any such ship or vessel, (hull in like man ner produce to the oi3c*r or officers of the customs who (hall firft come on board such ship o. vessel upon her arrival within the li mits of any difti i$ of the United States, ui which the cargo or any l&Qcuf jrf'Rci—b* or landed., f'ar his or their infpe&ion, such manifeft or manifefts as aforefaid, and shall *lfo deliver to him or them a true copy or copies thereof (such co py or copies also to be provided ancl fubfcribcd by the laid mas ter or other person having the charge or command of such (hip or vessel) the oroduftion of which said manifeft or manvfofts, and the delivery of which said copy or copies thereof (hall also ed by the laic officer ot officers of the customs who Ihall so firft come on board the kid ship or vessel on her arrival within the li mits of any such diftrift, upon tne backot the said original manifeft as maoifefts, with: he particular day and year when such manifeft or manifefts was or were product d to such officer or officers, and when he or they so received the said copy or copies thereof ; and such officer orofficeis is and are hereby required forthwith to ' transmit or cause to be transmitted, the said copy or copies of the said manifeft or manifests to the co lector of that diftrift, and the said master or person having the charge or command of the said ijiip or veflel, (hall afterwards produce and deliver the fai-i origi nal manifeft or manif fts to the laid collector. Piovided always, That nothing herein contained (hall be conftrucd to require of such master or other person having the charge or command of such Ihip or veflel, the delivery of more than one copy of each manifeft to the officer or officers aforefaid, who shall firft come on board of such ship or vessel, within four leagues of the coast of the United State, aforefaid, and one other copy to such officer or officers as /hall firft come on board, within the limits of auy diftritt for which the cargo of such ship or vessel or some part thereof shall be consigned or destined ; or shall be'eonftrued to require the de livery of any such copy to any other officer ; but it shall be fuffi cient in refpeft to any such other officer, to produce and {hew to him the said original manifeft or manifefts, and the certificate or certificates thereupon. Andbt it further enafled, That if the master or other person hav ing the charge or command fh'p or vessel laden as aforefaid, and bound to any port or place in the United States, shall not up on his arrival within four league® of the coast thereof, or within the limits of any distriCt thereof, where the cargo of such ship or vessel or any part thereof is intended to be discharged, produce such manifeft or manifefts in writing, to the proper officer or offi cers, upon demand thereof, and also deliver such cop) or copies thereof as aforefaid according to the directions of this ast in each •afe, or shall not give an account of the deftinaticn of such fhipoi vessel, which he is hert by required to do, upon requeftof such offi cer or officers, or shall give a falfe account of the laid deftinarion, in order to evade the production of the said manifeft or manifefts ; the said master or other person having the charge or command ol such Ihip or vessel, shall forfeit for every such retufal, neglctt or offence a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. And it such officer or officers fiift coming on board, it) each cafe within the distance or Jimits aforefaid, shall nrg!t& or refufe to certify on the back of such manifeft or pianifefts, the produ&iontherfcof, and the delive ry of such copy or copies respeCtively, as are herein before dire£l «d to be delivered to such officer or officers ; every such officer, so ocgle&ing or refufing, Ihall forfeit and pay thefura of five hundred dollar*. y Andke itfurther enafled, That if after the arrival of any ship or vessel so laden with goods as aforefaid, and bound to the United States, within thelinuts of any of the dillritts of the United States, or within four leagues of the coast thereof any part of the cargo of such fliipor vessel shall be unladen for any purpose whatever, from out of such ship or vcffefr as aforefaid, within the limits or diltance aforelaid, before such ship or vessel fballcome to the pro per place for the discharge of h fr ctfrgo or some part thereof, and shall be* tl>cre duly authorized b) the proper officer or officers of the Custom.v, to uuladc the fame, ih« master or oti»er perloft having SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1790, ihe charge or command of such (hip or velfel, and the mate or other peifon uext in command, shall refp.ftively forfeit and pay t le sum of one ihoufand dollars ; and thc goods, wares and iner handize so unladr n and unlhippe.:, ihall be io, (cited and loft, ex cept in the cafe of some unavoidable accident; neceffitv or distress »t weather ; of which unavoidable accident, ne.ffity or distress, t_ie ma..cr or other person having the charge e- command of such !h p or vessel, (hall give notice to, and toocth v with two or more t the mariners on board such (hip or vessel, lhall make proof up -0.1 oath before the collector or other chief otfcierof the customs of the diftrift, \/ithinthe limits of which (uch resident, neceflity or distress shall happen, or before the collector cr oilier chief officer of the firft diftrifl of the United Stites wi;. 1 - he limits of which such fh nor veflel (hsli afterwrtd ir-i">e, it;. : id accident, ne ( " -V-'.,:..a1i hav<,h»ppcneri not. n the limits of any b.it wi.nin four Icagu so/..:, « thc United States (which o.tli the said colleflor or other chief officer is hereby au thorued and required to admipifter.) Andbe it further enabled, That if any goo«'<s, wares or merchan dize so unUden from on board of-any fu-h fii p or vessel, (hall be put or received 1140 any other (hip, vessel o< boat, except in the cafe of such accident, neceffitv or distress a» ai'orcfaid, to lie notifi ed and proved (s aforefaid, the said maftet 01 other person having the charge Or command of thc (hip, vessel of boat into which thc laid goods (hall be so put and received, and every other person aiding and affiAlog therein, lhall forfeit treble the valueof the said go'jtls; and ihe said (hi;,, boat or vessel (hall also be forfeited and loft And It: it further cnaß-d, That if any (hip 1 r veft'ej which ftiali have arrived wiihm the limits of any diftritf of thc United States from any foreign port or place, lhall dept. i* , attempt to depart , r "' n i: ,c unlels to proceed o»i lit-rw vK> some more interior di.trifl to which (he may be bound, befu < .eport orentryfhall have been made by the master or other pcrlu I having the charge or command ot such (hip or vessel, with thccoli ftor of some diftrifl of thc L nited Slates, rhe fnid mafler or >n having such charge or command ft>all forfeit and pay the «rifTi of four hundred dollars. And it lhall be lawful for any coVc&ory naval-officer, surveyor, or commander of any of thc Cutters ; tire in after mention ed, to atreft and brinj; back, or cause to be arretted and brought back, such ship or veff 1, to such port of ij>* United States to which it may be moil conveniently done. That if it (hall be made to appear by thp oath ol the said maftc; or other person hav ing the charge or command of such Ihip or v« ffel, and of the per foa next in command, or other fufficient pro >f to the fatisfaftion of the colledor of the diftria within which such (hip or veflel lhall afterwards come, or to thc fatisfaftion ot tl,c court in which the prosecution for such penalty may be had, thai the said departure, or attempt to depart, was ocjcaftoncd by dilti is of weather, purl suit or duress of enemies, or other neccfliiy, ie said penalty (hall not be incurred. •And be it further (nailed, That within twenty-four hours after tho arrival of any (hip or veflel from an j futiign port or place, at any port of the United Stateseftablifted I ' law, at which an officer of the customs resides, or v. ich-Ti amy ' aibor, inlet or creek thereof, *f the hour* of bufinefg at the ofiicc o the chief officer of the customs at such port will ptrmir, or as : n thereafter as the tJ»d houis will pn nut, the mailer ur hMUfl£ charge or command of such ihip or vellcl, (hall repiir to the said orticc, and (hall make report to the said chief officer of the arrival of the said (hip or veirel ; ani within forty-eight hours after such arrival, (hall make a further report to the colle&or of the diitrift in which such port may be, of the name, burthen and lading of such (hip or veflel, whether in packages or flowed loose, and of ihe particular marks, numbers and contents of each package, and the place or places, person or persons to or for which or whom they arc refpeftivcly configried or destined, also of the place or places where she took in her lading, of what country built, from what foreign port or place (he last failed, who was master or com mander of hei during the voyage, who is at the time of such re port master ot commander of her, and (if a veflel of the United Stares) who pre own -rs of her ; unless the whole of such informa tion required on the second report as aforefaid, (hall have been oiven at the time of making the firft report, in which cafe it ihall not be neceflary to make a further report. And in the cases in which the master or person having the charge or command of any (hip or veflel herein before required to have on board at the time of her departure from such foreign port or place for the United States, a manifeft or manifefts of the lading of such (hip or veflel, or of any part thereof, the said mailer or person having the said (charge or command, (hall, at the time of making the said report, deliver the said manifeft or manifefts to the collector to whom the said report (hall be made, and (hall declare to the truth of such manifeft or manifefts, as the fame ought to be, in conformity to the directions of this act. And the said master or person having the charge or command of any (uch (hip or veflel, (hall in each cafe declare that no part of her lading, since her departure from the said foreign port or place from which (he (hall be so reported to >have last failed, has been landed or unladed, or oihcrwife re j moved from on board of her, except as he (hall then fpecify, to gether with the caiifc, time, place and manner ; and (hall further t declare, that in cafe he (hall afterwards dtfeover or know of any goods, wares or merchandize, other than those by him then re ported, he will forthwith thereafter make report thereof to the said colie&or ; which report and declarations refpeftively (hall be in writing, signed by the party making the fame, and (hall bcat tefted by his oath, to t,he best of his knowledge and belief; and the said coile&or is hereby authorized and required to administer the fame. And if said master or person having the charge or command of any such (hip or veflel (hall neglect or omit to make the said reports, or cither of them, and declaration or declarations, or to deliver the said manifeft or manifefts, or to take the said oath, as the cafe may require, he ihall for every such offence for feit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars. Provided avd be it further enafled, That it (hall not be neceflary for the master or person having the charge or command of any (hip or veflel of war, or of any (hip or veflel employed by any prince or state, as a public packet for the conveyance of letters and difpatthes, and not permitted by the laws of such prince or state to be employed in the transportation of goods, wares or mer hmdize in the way of trade, to make such report and entry as aforefaid. And be itjurthcr cnaftcd, That it (hall be lawful for the said (hip or vessel to proceed with any goods, wares or merchandize brought in her, which (hall be reported by the said matter or other per- Ton having the charge or command of the said (hip or vessel, to bi destined for any foreign port or place from the diftrift within which such (hip or vessel (ball firft arrive, to such foreign port or >lace, without paying or fecuringthe payment of any duties upon luch of the f«)id goods, wares or mercnand re, as (hall be a&ually re-exported in the said Ihip or vessel accordingly ; any thing here 597 in contained to the contrary not Provided aifvays. That ti c laid naftcr dr person having the charge or command of tic laid (hiporvclfel (hall firft give bond with one or more fartfv Lifcs, in a fnm e<jual to the atnoant of the duties upon the said joods, wares and merchandize, as the fame lhall beeftimatcd b r the solicitor to whom the laid report lhall be made, to the fatis faflioii ol the said colleflor, with comKtimi that the said goods, waies or merchandize, or any part thereof, (hall not be landed within the United States, unlets due entry thereof lhall have been liift made, and the duties thereupon paid or fccured according to law, which bond (hall be cancelled in like manner as bonds here in after direflcd to be given lor obtaining drawback* of duties. Provided rxeverihchjs, That such bund shall not be required in rc fpcfl to the goods on board of any (hip or vessel which (hall have put into the United States from neceflity, to be made appear in manner herein after prescribed. Anube Ujurthceaatled, That it (hall be lawful for any (hip or vessel in which any goods, wares or merchandize (hall be brought into the United States trom any foreign port or place, to proceed with the fame from diftrifl to diftrifl within the United States, in ord< r to the landing or delivery th rcof, and the duties on such of the said goods only as (ball be landed in any diftrifl, (hall he paid or secured to be paid within such diftrifl. Andbe itfurthcr enatled, That before any (aip or vessel (hall de part from the diftrift iu which (he lhall firft arrive, for another dillrifl, with goods, wares or merchandize brought in such (hip or vessel Ircmi a foreign port or place, the duties whereof lhall not have been paid or (ccured, the mailer or person having the charge or command ot luch (hip or velfel ihall obtain from the colleft'cir ol the diftrifl from which (he Ihail be about to depart (who it hereby required to grant the (ame) a copy of the report made by such mafteror person having the charge or command of such (hip or vclfcl, certified by the said colleflor, together with a certificate of the quantity, and particulars ol the goods whith lhall appear to him to have been landed within his diftrifl. And within twenty-four hours after the arrival of such (hip or veffci within any oihrr diftrifl, the said maftcr or person having the charge or com mand of such (hip or vessel shall make report or entry to or with 'he colleflor of such other diftrift, producing and (hewing the said certified copy of his said firlt report, together with a certifi cate (rom each colleflor of any other diftrift w'tthin which any of the goods, wares or merchandize brought in such (hip or vessel (hall have been be/ore landed, of the quantity and particulars of such ot the said goods, wares and merchandize as (hall hove been so landed in each diftrift refpeftivcly"; except in the State of Georgia, where such report (hall be made within forty-eight hours: Provided a/uiayr, That the master or person having the charge or command ot the said (hip or reffel lhall f.rft give bond with one or more fureiics to the fatisfaftion of the colleflor of the diftrift within which the (aid (hip or vessel (hall firft arrive, in a sum equal to the amount of the duties on the residue of the said goods, according to such cftimate cs the said colleflor (hall form thereof, with condition that the fa d residue of the said goods (hall be duly entered and delivered in such other diftrift or dif trifts of the United States for whish the fame (hall have been re ported to be destined. And the said bond (hall be cancelled or dilc!'- ; ;ed by the production of a certiScate or certificates from the colleflor or co'le&o:• of ij.; ui'-iakfor t^ said goods (hall have been reported, teftifying the due entry and delivery of the fsid goods in such diftrifl or diftrifls, or upon due proof to the lausfsflion of the colleflor by whom the said bond lhall have been taken, thatTuch entry and delivery were prevented by tome unavoidable accident or casualty*, and that if the whole or any part of the said goods (liall not hove been loft, that the fame . has been duly entered and delivered within the United States. And !f the maftcr or person having charge or command of any luch (hip or vessel, (hall fail by his neglei: or fault to obtain the laid copy of his said report fiona the colleflor of the diftrifl from i wli.ch he (hall be so about to depart, or of any certificate which' Vhe ought to obtain a; aforefaid, or (hall neglefl to produce and ■ tTicw the fame to the colleflor of any other diftrifl to which the laid (hip or vessel (hall afterwards proceed, within the time tor , that purpose he-.ein before fpecified, he (hall forfeit and pay for every such neglefl or omission five hundred dollars. And be itfurther enatlcd, That the owner or owners, conlignes or consignees of any goods, wares or merchandize on board of ar.y such (hip or vessel, or in cafe of his, her or their abfencc or sickness, his, hei or their known faflor or agent, in his, her or their names, within fifteen days after report of the mafteror per son having the charge or command of such (hip or vessel to the col.eftor of the diftrifl for which such goods, wares or merchan dize (hall be destined, (hall make entry thertof with the said col leflor, and lhall fpecify in such entry the particular marks, num bers and contents of each package or parcel whereof they (hall con fid, or if ill bulk, '.he quantity and quality, together with the nett prirre coftthereof ; and lhall also produce to the said collefl or, if any such there be, the original invoice or invoices, or other documents in lieu thereof, and bill or bills of lading ; all which (hall be done upon the oath if the per ton by whom'fuch entry ftiall be made, according to the best of his or her knowledge and belief; who (hall thereby also declare that if he or (he (hall as tcrwards di.cover or know of any other goods, wares or meichan d izes imported in such (hip or vessel, belonging or consigned to the person or perlons by whom, or on whose behalf (uch entry ilia 11 have been made, he or (he will forthwith make known the fame, in order to the due entry thereof, and the payment or fe curing the payment of the duties thereupon : Provided always I hat where the particulars of any such goods, wares or merchan dize (hall be unkown, in lieu of the entry herein before direfled to be made, an entry thereof (hall be made and received according , to the circumftanccs of the cafe, the party making the fame, de claring upon oath all that he or (he know, or believes concerning the quantity and particulars of the said goods, and that he or (he has no other knowledge or information concerning the fame- Wh J ' C n TP'r l S r WC u 1"f" thc h[i > he •» writing! and ftiall be fubfenbed by the party making thc fame. (to be continued.) EXTRACT. IT is no: only the man of the world who idoli zes power, tho in the garb of villainy, arid perse cutes diihonefty when united to weakness bat even those who bear the specious title of philof'o phers are apt to bedazzled with the brilliancy of iuccefs, and to treat qualities and characters dif ferently according to the smiles or frowns of fortune. [Whoie No. i*°o
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